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Burying Beetle

DateMon 2010-08-16

A burying beetle, probably Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae) on a thistle (Cirsium sp).  Often still referred to by the invalid genus name Necrophorus.

Photos taken on Roseberry Common, near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2010-08-08.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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